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2. "The Friends of the Bureau of Labor Statistics" - interesting

Thu Nov 13, 2025, 10:18 AM

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From the OP's link -
https://www.reuters.com/business/us-labor-department-urged-prioritize-november-employment-cpi-data-post-shutdown-2025-11-12/

The Friends of the Bureau of Labor Statistics . . . The group, an independent network of users of the agency's data, is co-chaired by former BLS commissioners Erica Groshen and Bill Beach, as well as Paul Schroeder, executive director of the Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics.

. . . The Friends of the BLS said the agency had lost almost 25% of its staff since February and one third of its leadership positions were vacant, factors that could lead to a slower recovery relative to the 2013 shutdown.

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Economists also viewed the economy as still polarized, with the technology sector doing well because of a surge in artificial intelligence investment and other sectors performing poorly because of the drag from tariffs.

That's an interesting concise summary of the economy. Not very comforting.

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